Full time: Swindon Town 0 Doncaster Rovers 1

Rovers refused to relinquish their grip on a slender one goal lead as they ended host Swindon’s four match winning run.

Theo Robinson’s first half penalty and a Sam Johnstone save from a spot kick were the major highlights from a Rovers perspective.

But this was a fantastic result built upon a massive amount of hard work, mostly done from a back foot position but never lacking genuine endeavour and heart.

Paul Dickov’s men pressed well from the start, denying the Robins space to apply their usual possession game.

And Rovers began to find some success themselves, particularly down the right where Coppinger and the recalled Furman combined particularly well.

Swindon did begin to find their way into the game around the 15 minute mark and could have been ahead.

Andy Williams met a high cross with a volley but his effort was blocked by Butler.

And Yaser Kasim lined up an effort from 20 yards but saw it fly over the bar.

Robinson smashed in from the spot to put Rovers in front.

Referee Kevin Johnson pointed to the spot after Dean Furman was brought down by Jordan Turnbull when chasing down James Coppinger’s through ball.

And Robinson stepped up confidently to drill into the bottom left corner and give Wes Foderingham no chance.

Controversially it came just seconds after Swindon were denied a penalty of their own when Nathan Byrne tumbled after a challenge from Andy Butler, though there seemed to be little strength in the hosts’ claims.

Rovers enjoyed plenty of success with the ball after going in front and were denied a second with a superb stop from Foderingham on 33 minutes.

Coppinger curled a free kick into the box from deep and Luke McCullough met it with a powerful header which Foderingham tipped over in fine style.

But the major plus point of their play was the manner in which they contained Swindon who really struggled to string anything together during the first half.

Former Rovers transfer target Jon Obika rattled the post as Swindon looked to get back on level terms early in the second half while Williams really should have netted after being sent clean through.

Striker Obika received a pass on the edge of the area, turned and drilled low with his effort coming back off the upright.

The hosts had started the half brightly and Sam Johnstone needed to be alert to produce his first two saves of the match and keep Swindon out.